Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it...

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it...

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her,...

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her,...

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than...

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than...

Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or...

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or...

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

A city becomes a world when one loves one of it's inhabitants.

A city becomes a world when one loves one of it's inhabitants.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.